Oh BoY......

These are the things my life now consists of....

Three boys.

MuD....


Lots of MuD. Add a few more boys.
Tons of muddy clothes & shoes, hand prints and footprints all over my freshly clean kitchen & bathroom.
Toys that were once nice, new and clean.
Construction workers.
Lots of time-outs. He wasn't even on there five minutes before he fell asleep!
And plenty of smiles to melt my heart and remind why I love being a mother of 3 boys!

FrUsTrAtEd MoM sEeKiNg HeLp...

Today I am so overwhelmed. Not with three boys, just one. Landen. He is the cutest, sweetest little boy. He is also a tyrant! I am having a hard time knowing as a parent how I should handle him. So any advice please! Here is the run down for bath time tonight. Now this all happened within about 30 min. I have all 3 boys in the tub. Wash all of them, then get Crew out. Cody & Landen always stay in and play until the water is cold. I leave them unattended but I am in the next room. I can hear everything that is going on. Usually! I am getting Crew dried off & lotioned up. I can hear a lot of commotion in the bathroom and I know something is up. Then just as I am finishing with Crew and about to go check on the boys, I hear Cody yell to me that Landen just threw 2 rolls of toilet paper in the bath. WHAT!!!! I go in there and Landen is on the counter, crouched down next to the sink. I have no idea what he was doing nor did I ask. I grabbed him and threw him in his room. Let me remind you that this is not his first offense of the day. We are on like the 10th! I am getting Crew's diaper changed when I then hear Cody say Landen just threw a towel in the bath. What the crap! He was supposed to be in his room! I freak, grab him by the arm and throw him back into his room. Yes people, I threw him in his room, technically the bed! I am so mad, so done, so can't wait for Matt to get home and rescue me. While Landen is in his room he proceeds to do more damage. He covered one of his books with stickers. They did not come off easily. The book was new so I am a little ticked about that. Then he opens the door and says to Cody, "I just broke your ship!" Cody had left a Lego ship he had built in the room. I have nothing left in me. I don't know what to do or how to handle it. This is how my entire day has been. I typically have trouble with him several times everyday! So anyone, please, please give some advice as what to do. What am I doing wrong here? I don't like who I am when I get mad at him. I don't know how to get threw to him either. He seems to not care about what I think or say to him. Matt has named him Captain Destructo.

BaCk FrOm A LiTtLe BrEaK....

My friend Nikki reminded me that I had not blogged for awhile and needed to post an update. I know I have been a slacker. Just so many other things are always needing to be done and by the time I get the kids in bed and do have a chance to sit down and blog, I just want to go to sleep!

So, I am going to start with our trip to Colorado in February. Our reasons for taking this little, last minute trip were not just for family fun. My cousin's wife, Jennifer passed away. I was not close to her or Damion but I really wanted to be there to support the family. The Funeral was on Valentine's Day, of all days! But it was a beautiful funeral none the less. It was so great to see everyone-like a little unplanned family reunion.

We stayed at Matt's parents house and accommodations were perfect! We had so much fun spending time with them and the rest of Matt's family. We did make it over to see my Dad a few times. We tried to take some pictures of all the grandsons together for my Dad. That was pretty funny! Monica taught us a really fun Dominoe's game. We had to go buy it when we got home. We play it every night. Cody is awesome at it. We don't play easy on him either! My Dad had a really fun game too. It is called, Ticket to Ride. We want to buy that one next. I love games! The last thing we had to do before we headed back home from Co. was go to the Lego store. Cody is in LoVe with LeGoS! We have tons, but it never seems to be enough. So of course we needed more! Right! I do have to say, I was just as excited to take the boys as Cody was. I love watching all the excitemnet in thier eyes. We stayed for about an hour, checking out everything, making careful decions on how to get the most for our money. The boys each ended up buying Lego's by the piece. They each got a cup and you fill it until no more can possibly fit. Matt was very helpful in making sure every last possible spot in that cup with filled! I was getting caught up in the moment and wanting to get some myself! But I restrained! We then hopped in the car and headed home. We only stopped once, in Grand Junction. That was it. AMAZING! The drive to Colorado was full of bathroom breaks, snack breaks, nursing breaks, you name it, we stopped! We now have a system down that works for us, so car trips should no longer be so painfuly long!

Here are some pics from the trip....